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The ReporterThu, 24 May 2018 12:46:47 -070060The goal: walk on water across the pool in just two minutes.

The reward: you don't have to take the physics final.

So Tuesday at the Pat Granucci Aquatics Center, students in Kim McGreevey's physics classes at Dixon High School put their skills to the test and jumped in with both feet.

]]>Tue, 22 May 2018 19:10:21 -0700201805221916522018-05-22T19:10:21-07:002018-05-22T19:16:52-07:00With crystal blue skies and a mild breeze setting the stage for the 143rd annual Dixon May Fair Parade, families and friends congregated in the heart of Dixon.

As the assortment of floats and participants marched their way down S 1st Street, hundreds of people lined up along the often quiet heart of downtown to celebrate tradition.

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Big wheels got turning, leading to even bigger smiles from children attending the Dixon May Fair opening day Thursday.

Easton Schaefer, 3, of Vacaville was grinning and bursting with energy after his ride on the Wacky Worm roller coaster, which looped him and his dad Dylan around the track again and again.

But he took it in stride when CA Jacobs eighth-grader Alizeya Covello crushed him and even laughed about his defeat.

The pair were part of the Solano Transportation Authority's (STA) countywide Bike to School Day event which, in Dixon, included the unveiling of the county's first green bike lanes.

]]>Wed, 09 May 2018 18:14:45 -0700201805091814452018-05-09T18:14:45-07:002018-05-09T18:14:45-07:00]]>Wed, 09 May 2018 17:38:55 -0700201805091738552018-05-09T17:38:55-07:002018-05-09T17:38:55-07:00The Dixon City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Dixon Unified School District for the services of a School Resources Officer (SRO).

The school district, whose governing board will take up the agreement May 17, has agreed to fund 60 percent of the total cost of employment of one police officer assigned full-time to the school system.

]]>Wed, 09 May 2018 17:36:26 -0700201805091736262018-05-09T17:36:26-07:002018-05-09T17:36:26-07:00The suspects in a recent Dixon robbery may be connected to similar incidents in Vacaville, officials in other Solano municipalities and Alameda County said this week.

In Dixon, two men targeted the Chevron station in the 2600 block of Plaza Court around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

Officers responded to the robbery report and learned that one suspect had brandished a firearm before running off.

]]>Wed, 09 May 2018 17:33:38 -0700201805091733382018-05-09T17:33:38-07:002018-05-09T17:33:38-07:00Dixon police swarmed Tuesday to catch a man who had threatened a victim with a firearm and came away with the suspect, a gun and a pile of drugs.

Just before 3 p.m., officers responded to the 300 block of Manning Way for a report of a suspect brandishing a firearm.

Upon arrival, they were informed that he had threatened to shoot the victim.

]]>Wed, 09 May 2018 17:12:34 -0700201805091712342018-05-09T17:12:34-07:002018-05-09T17:12:34-07:00More than 140,000 people drive on Interstate 80 underneath the Midway Road bridge on their daily drive between Sacramento and San Francisco.

For those who live and work near the highway overpass, or visit Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, the wait for a new bridge will soon be over.

The overpass near the Dixon and Vacaville city limits was demolished in September and during the past eight months, there was a detour as the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) built a new overpass designed according to the latest seismic safety standards.

]]>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 18:38:50 -0700201804131838502018-04-13T18:38:50-07:002018-04-13T18:38:50-07:00]]>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:21:24 -0700201804061921242018-04-06T19:21:24-07:002018-04-06T19:21:24-07:00Demolition work began Tuesday on an old irrigation well between North Almond and North Lincoln streets in Dixon.

The well, which was built in the 1960s, is old and failing.

According to John Calise, director of Facilities and Operations for the Dixon Unified School District, the plan was for an explosive charge to be placed about 200 feet down at the bottom of the well to then be detonated after it was filled with concrete.